Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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J. Oral Maxillofac. Surg. · Jan 2019
Online Patient Education Materials for Orthognathic Surgery Fail to Meet Readability and Quality Standards.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the readability and quality of online patient educational materials (PEMs) for orthognathic surgery. ⋯ As a whole, online PEMs for orthognathic surgery failed to meet AMA and NIH readability recommendations and yielded poor quality scores. Increasing the presence of content related to treatment risks and postoperative care will help improve the quality of PEMs.
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J. Oral Maxillofac. Surg. · Nov 2018
Observational StudyPostoperative Pain and Opioid Analgesic Requirements After Orthognathic Surgery.
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of individual characteristics, such as age, gender, and type of surgery, on postoperative pain intensity and opioid analgesic consumption after orthognathic surgery. ⋯ Based on these study results, there appears to be a trend for increased opioid analgesic requirement in women and younger patients during the immediate postoperative period after orthognathic surgery.
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J. Oral Maxillofac. Surg. · Oct 2018
Randomized Controlled TrialOral Glucosamine Hydrochloride Combined With Hyaluronate Sodium Intra-Articular Injection for Temporomandibular Joint Osteoarthritis: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial.
Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders occur in many people and osteoarthritis (OA) is a severe form of this disease. Glucosamine has been used to treat OA of the large joints for many years and has been proved effective. A double-blinded randomized controlled trial was designed to investigate the effectiveness and safety of oral glucosamine hydrochloride pills combined with hyaluronate sodium intra-articular injection in TMJ OA. ⋯ The results of this study suggest that, compared with hyaluronate sodium injection alone, glucosamine hydrochloride pills added to hyaluronate sodium injection had no meaningful effect on TMJ OA in the short-term but did relieve the pain caused by TMJ OA and improved TMJ functions in the long-term.
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J. Oral Maxillofac. Surg. · Jul 2018
Evaluating the Effect of Resveratrol on the Healing of Extraction Sockets in Cyclosporine A-Treated Rats.
The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of resveratrol on alveolar socket healing after tooth extraction in normal and cyclosporin A (CsA)-treated rats. ⋯ Resveratrol improves alveolar socket healing in normal and CsA-treated rats. Resveratrol also increases levels of osteocalcin and osteopontin in normal and CsA-treated rats. These results suggest that this natural compound is useful for alveolar socket healing after tooth extraction.